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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Before we get to Garth Brooks' new pop-rock album, Garth Brooks in...The Life of Chris Gaines (Capitol), let's talk a bit about sports. Five years ago, when basketball star Michael Jordan decided to give pro baseball a go, he was widely ridi-culed by sportswriters. In actuality, though, Jordan's sports switch was one of the bravest things he ever did. It showed he was willing to compete even in an arena in which he clearly wasn't the best. After all, sports isn't just about winning--it's about trying too. O.K., maybe...
...swept over his eyes, an artsy soul patch of hair below his lip. He looks a bit like Trent Reznor crossed with a guy who eats a lot of cheese steaks. Inside, there's a fictional bio: "[Gaines] was born August 10, 1967...in 1989 Chris debuted his solo album, Straight Jacket...the album spent an extraordinary 224 weeks on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart... Now, on the eve of the millennium, Chris has assembled his greatest hits...
...next room and sending fans crowding into the street for an acappella encore of "Happy Trails." If this band's name doesn't sound familiar to you now, it will be in the very near future. Playing over 80 shows a year and expecting to put out their own album this spring, The Humming is poised to hit the big time...
...saying, but most of us can mysteriously understand what she's feeling. Her fifth solo release, the double-CD set To Venus and Back reaffirms the notion that even a string of random words can, in some way, convey angst, love, and yes, even more angst. Unlike her prior albums, which dealt with Amos's traumatic past, To Venus and Back doesn't really have a theme, but Amos insists that it was instead inspired by her Muse. "I look at the piano, I stalk her, she looks at me, takes a yawn, and goes to sleep . . ." Amos says...
...know, it's not music. I give more credit to someone like Eminem who just doesn't give a shit and who's like, you know, I've been slugging this out for seven years, yeah I may rhyme about the same [stuff]. He may have an entire album about being pissed off about his life, eating acid and smoking pot and eating shrooms and [sundry items], but it's the most original thing I've heard come out of hip-hop in a while...